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The winner of the 2016 Miss Universe has been announced. Miss France Iris Mittenaer was presented with the crown by last year's champ Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach after defeating contestants from other 85 countries during the 65th Annual Miss Universe Pageant.

The 24-year-old beauty queen impressed the judges with her answer during the competition's Q&A session. Praising France's open borders and refugee population, she told the judges, "In France, we want to have the most globalization that we can, we want to have the biggest exchange of people that we can."

Beauty, grace, confidence, intelligence. Those are the qualities embodied by your 65th #MissUniverse, Iris Mittenaere. pic.twitter.com/ps9CWxfuM7

— Iris Mittenaere (@MissUniverse) January 30, 2017

During the event held in Manila, the Philippines on Sunday night, January 29, Raquel Pelissier from Haiti was named the first runner-up, while Andrea Tovar from Colombia was the second runner-up. In her final word to the judges, Pelissier talked about how surviving the Haiti earthquake back in 2010 made her a tougher person.

Tovar, meanwhile, offered the most hilarious moment earlier that night by referencing host Steve Harvey's blunder at last year's edition of the international beauty pageant, when he wrongly announced Colombia as the winner instead of Miss Philippines. She jokingly told the funnyman onstage, "A lot of people hate you."

Say "bonjour" to your next #MissUniverse! pic.twitter.com/eWkZfwRaf7

— Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach (@MissUniverse) January 30, 2017